U.S. envoy killed in Equatorial Guinea incident in Madrid
Liberato Mengue cites that American diplomat Donald Leahy aged 47 died from knife and gunshot wounds at the U S embassy chancery in Santa Isabel Equatorial Guinea State Department reports Alfred Erdos 46 incapacitated allegedly mentally unstable Following a reported embassy fight Erdos sought refuge at the Nigerian embassy before surrendering to local diplomats 40 U S diplomats were dispatched to investigate the case The Rio Muni jungle coast and Fernando Poo island home to Santa Isabel are noted as context for the former Spanish colony now independent
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Madrid
UPI
Liberato Ela Mengue
Equatorial Guinea
Donald Leahy
U.S
Leahy
State Department
Alfred Erdos
Itc
Bila Mengue
Erdos
Safita Isabel
Rio Muni
Fernando Poo
Santa Isabel
Eugene Craighead
DLS
Cameronns
Craighead
Eros
Sento
Western Union reaches tentative wage pact with CWA Local 1177
Western Union and CWA Local 1177 in the New York New Jersey area reach a tentative contract offering 12 percent wage rise the first year and nine percent the second over two years. workers to return Sept 13 if ratified, but raises delayed by the President's 60 day wage and price freeze.
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New York
UPI
Western Union
Communication Workers of America
CWA
New York-New Jersey
Brown urges Nixon to fire Attorney General Mitchell
California Secretary of State Edmund G Brown Jr calls on President Nixon to dismiss Attorney General Mitchell over a campus voting stance. Brown accuses Mitchell of distorting the law to disenfranchise young voters following a California Supreme Court ruling that a voter under 21 may vote where residency is declared, including college towns.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Mitchell
Brown
California Supreme Court
Labor leader Thomas L. Pitts dies at 56 in California
California labor veteran Thomas L. Pitts, longtime head of the California Labor Federation, died at 56 in Lakeport Community Hospital after a heart attack Tuesday. Pitts led the federation for over three decades, shaping labor activism across the state.
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Lakeport
Calif
Thomas L. Pitts
California
California Labor Federation
Atl-Ciq
Lakeport Community Hospital
Man to undergo second lung cleansing in Albuquerque
A. Michael Olveda, 37, of Denver, who inhaled radioactive plutonium from a Denver nuclear plant explosion, will have his right lung flushed with salt water to remove particles and then undergo a second cleansing Friday for the left lung. He described the first procedure as comparable to tonsil surgery, with doctors reporting good progress.
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Albuquerque
UPI
A. Michael Olveda
Denver
Colo
Olveda
Virginia Supreme Court orders insurance payout for Vietnam death
The state high court overturned a Petersburg ruling and ordered $1,000 life insurance benefits to Christine Jackson for Calvin Cook, killed in Vietnam. It held Congress never declared the conflict a war, so death benefit clauses were vague and should favor the beneficiary.
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Richmond, Va
UPI
Virginia Supreme Court
High Court
Petersburg
Hastings
Christine Jackson
Calvin Cook
Vietnam
Congress
Cook
California leases Camp Pendleton land for park use
Nearly 3,000 acres of Camp Pendleton Marine Base land are leased to the State of California for park and recreation use under a six year agreement. The tract runs from San Onofre Creek to north of Queenside and includes about 400 acres of beach. The land will be under state control with a nominal annual rent of $1. The arrangement was reported by the Western White House and publicized by Daily Review sources in Hayward California.
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GAN Clemente
UPM
Camp Pendleton Marine Base
Stnte of California
Wilte House
Fred Fielding
Nixon
San Onofra Creek
Queenside
the Daily Review
Hoyd Sparks
Willem Chilrota
Enteres O
Hayward
California
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Cancer breakthrough using tritium labeled antibiotic in rats
Lowell and Paula Wood of UC Lawrence Radiation Laboratory report rats with tumors treated by tritiated tetracycline showing 70 percent partial to total tumor regression. Tritium’s low energy beta radiation stays inside malignant cells, offering a less damaging, cheaper alternative to conventional radiation. further studies are planned to confirm results within a year.
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Las Vegas
UPI
Lowell
Paula Wood
University of California
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Wood
Miss Wood
New wings for Eagle Chief White Eagle gains Air Force rank
Tony Jack Lyons, second chief of the Cherokee Indian tribe of Pryor Oklahoma, was promoted to colonel in the Air Force Reserve. His eagle insignia now represents his Indian name Chief White Eagle on his uniform. He serves as judge advocate with the 442nd Tactical Airlift Wing at Richards Gebaur Air Force Base in Missouri.
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Tony Jack Lyons
Pryor
Okla
Air Force Reserve
Chief White Eagle
442Nd Tactical Airlift Wing
Richards- Gebaur Afb
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